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Chef-y Recipes

I called a recipe chef-y the other week—I think it was this one—and one of my Experimental Supper Club buddies asked me what I meant by that. I thought about it and said something like, “A chef-y recipe calls for like 2 more hands, 4 more ingredients, and 8 more hours than you’ve got.” IContinue reading “Chef-y Recipes”

Baby sushi

youtube.com/watch Happy New Year!!

Merry Xmas from ATEEZ!

youtube.com/watch Yes, they have a new album out. No, it is not that great (though “Silver Light” is really beautiful). But this dance practice where they’re all dressed up as Mito the black moon rabbit (this year was the year of the rabbit in the lunar calendar) is super adorable and festive.

“Theodore…Where’s Chippy?”

Sorry, can’t resist reposting this one

Victorian Blue-and-White Christmas

Full disclosure: I don’t actually have that many Victorian-era decor items other than a set of paper houses I cut out when I was a kid and a pre-Raphaelite tree angel I think I bought from the Met catalogue 30 years ago. So around my place, “Victorian” kinda means “more is more” and also “putContinue reading “Victorian Blue-and-White Christmas”

Wednesday’s Child: Welsh Cookies

I had never eaten Welsh cookies before I met my ex-husband. I think the first time I tasted them was from a care package his mother sent to Texas around the holidays. Petite, tender with butter, redolent of nutmeg and studded with chewy little currents, they charmed me. I liked how they were fried, likeContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Welsh Cookies”

The Grocery Store

I realized last week that one of the most significant and long-standing relationships of my life hasn’t been with a person but with a place: the grocery store. Naturally, there have been many grocery stores over the years, but if taken together they make this sort of Ur-space where I have worked out some ofContinue reading “The Grocery Store”

Experimental Supper Club #7: Birthday Edition

I hand-wrote these menus on postcards and then immediately recycled them like a genius…so I don’t have any pictures for you. But the centerpiece was David Chang’s famous Momofuku Bo Ssam, which came out very well. Everyone went nuts for Smitten Kitchen’s Miso Black Sesame poporn, which we had as an appetizer with somewhat forgettableContinue reading “Experimental Supper Club #7: Birthday Edition”

Experimental Supper Club #6

The highlights of this one were definitely the lamb burgers and the zhug. The tart was a show-stopper but way too sweet for me: you can’t control the sugar in the white chocolate, but if I made it again, I would cut the sugar in the meringue by half.

Happy Halloween

I can’t believe I haven’t posted these on here yet. I’m pretty sure these came from a Woman’s Day magazine in the check-out line at the supermarket like 15 years ago. I don’t think I even bought the magazine–they’re pretty easy to reverse engineer and even easier to make if you use box cake andContinue reading “Happy Halloween”